Attendance, achievement and participation: Young carers' experiences of school in Australia

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-18

  Moore, Tim ^a   McArthur, Morag ^a   Morrow, Ros ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access to education; Barriers to participation; Educationally disadvantaged; Family care givers; Parents with disabilities; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

EID: 66349121916     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494410905300102     Document Type: Article

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